Section: Libya Today (Libya)
Frontline town in Ukraine gets breathing space after worst shelling in months
AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A week-long surge in violence in and around the government-held town of Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine appeared to be winding down on Monday, as schools reopened and power and water supplies resumed following the worst clashes in months. …read more Source: Libya...
Trump agrees to meet NATO leaders in Europe in May
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump agreed to meet alliance leaders in Europe in May in a phone call on Sunday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that also touched on the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. …read more Source: Libya...
Trump says U.S. will work to restore peace in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko the United States will work to restore peace along the border with Russia. …read more Source: Libya...
Pro-Russian rebel commander killed in Ukraine blast
Pro-Russian rebels pledge revenge for car bomb attack in Luhansk that killed senior military chief Oleg Anashchenko …read more Source: Libya...
Shelling flares up in east Ukraine ahead of Trump’s call to Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists accused each other of resuming artillery attacks in east Ukraine on Saturday, breaking a lull in shelling at a frontline hot-spot that had raised hopes the conflict’s worst escalation in months was waning. …read more Source: Libya...
Russia’s Lavrov tells France that Ukraine flare-up endangers peace talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault on Friday that a flare-up of violence in eastern Ukraine may nullify two-year long efforts to pacify warring sides, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Friday. …read more Source: Libya...
Kremlin says it hopes pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels have enough ammunition
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday he hoped that pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine had enough ammunition to respond to what he called aggressive actions by the Ukrainian army. …read more Source: Libya...
Ukraine, separatists say more civilians killed in eastern flare-up
AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Thursday of carrying out fresh artillery attacks on frontline residential areas in eastern Ukraine, resulting in civilian casualties on both sides. …read more Source: Libya...
McCain says Russia testing U.S. in Ukraine, urges Trump to hit back
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia is testing President Donald Trump with a surge of violence in eastern Ukraine and the U.S. president should give Ukraine the lethal aid it needs to defend against the attacks, Senator John McCain said in a letter to Trump on Thursday. …read more Source: Libya...
McCain calls on Trump to help Ukraine against Russia attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain asked President Donald Trump on Thursday to help Ukraine defend itself against an increase in recent attacks from Russia. …read more Source: Libya...
